Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Filed: 5/13/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1818

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1818 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of
8the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
9entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
10University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
11served in the armed forces of the United States, except that
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients
13from each county may not exceed 3: the Civil War, World War I,
14any time between September 16, 1940 and the termination of
15World War II, any time during the national emergency between
16June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet

 

 

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1Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time
2during the siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between
3June 14, 1982 and December 15, 1983, or any time on or after
4August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that
5persons in service are no longer eligible for the Southwest
6Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation
7Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be given to
8the children of persons who are deceased or disabled. Such
9scholarships shall be granted to such pupils as shall, upon
10public examination, conducted as the board of trustees of the
11University may determine, be decided to have attained the
12greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually taught
13in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
14character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so
15selected, shall be entitled to receive, without charge for
16tuition, instruction in any or all departments of the
17University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such
18pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
19regulations of the University, established for the government
20of the pupils in attendance.
21(Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
232015.".